UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 06-1153

SUMARNI FAUZI,
Petitioner,
versus
ALBERTO R. GONZALES, Attorney General of the
United States,
Respondent.

No. 06-1641

SUMARNI FAUZI,
Petitioner,
versus
ALBERTO R. GONZALES, Attorney General of the
United States,
Respondent.

On Petitions for Review of Orders of the Board of Immigration

Appeals. (A98-395-530)

Submitted:

October 16, 2006

Decided:

November 21, 2006

Before MICHAEL, MOTZ, and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges.

Petitions denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Armin A. Skalmowski, Alhambra, California, for Petitioner. Peter

D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, M. Jocelyn Lopez Wright,
Assistant Director, Carol Federighi, Senior Litigation Counsel,
Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

See Local Rule 36(c).

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PER CURIAM:
In these consolidated appeals, Sumarni Fauzi, a native
and citizen of Indonesia, challenges two orders of the Board of
Immigration Appeals (Board). In No. 06-1153, Fauzi seeks review of
an order of the Board affirming the immigration judges order
denying her applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and
protection under the Convention Against Torture.*

In No. 06-1641,

Fauzi petitions for review of a Board order denying her motion to

reopen the removal proceedings.
Fauzi challenges the Boards denial of withholding of
removal. To qualify for withholding of removal, a petitioner must
show that [s]he faces a clear probability of persecution because of
h[er] race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular
social group, or political opinion.

Rusu v. INS, 296 F.3d 316,

324 n.13 (4th Cir. 2002) (citing INS v. Stevic, 467 U.S. 407, 430
(1984)).

Based

on

our

review

of

the

record,

we

find

that

substantial evidence supports the Boards holding that Fauzi failed

to meet this standard.
Fauzi also alleges that the Board erred in denying her
protection under the Convention Against Torture.
this

protection,

petitioner

bears

the

burden

To qualify for
of

proof

of

demonstrating that it is more likely than not that he or she would

Fauzi does not challenge the Boards denial of asylum relief

on the ground that the asylum application was untimely filed.
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be tortured if removed to the proposed country of removal.

C.F.R. 1208.16(c)(2) (2006).

Fauzi failed to make such a

showing.
Finally, in No. 06-1641, Fauzi challenges the Boards
denial of her motion to reopen.

We review the denial of a motion

to reopen for abuse of discretion.

INS v. Doherty, 502 U.S. 314,

323-24 (1992); Barry v. Gonzales, 445 F.3d 741, 744 (4th Cir.
2006), petition for cert. filed, __ U.S.L.W. __ (U.S. Sept. 18,
2006) (No. 06-6650).
with

extreme

Denial of a motion to reopen must be reviewed

deference,

since

immigration

statutes

do

not

contemplate reopening and the applicable regulations disfavor such

motions.

M.A. v. INS, 899 F.2d 304, 308 (4th Cir. 1990) (en banc).

This court reverses the Boards denial of such a motion only if the
denial is arbitrary, capricious, or contrary to law.
F.3d at 745.

Barry, 445

We find the Board did not abuse its discretion in

denying the motion to reopen.

Accordingly, we deny Fauzis petitions for review.

We

dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions
are adequately presented in the materials before the court and
argument would not aid the decisional process.
PETITIONS DENIED

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